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I'm against CC and NCLB testing mostly because the NCLB testing (which is still in effect) has proved to have unintended consequences that are negative and CC makes it all worse by adding [b]standards that are inappropriate and have not been thoroughly vetted[/b].  The outcome will be lower passing statistics for all schools (lots of failure) with no real "help".  Everyone will again say, "look how bad the US schools are" when, in fact, they may be doing quite well given the task they have.  Nobody is controlling for the inputs, yet the outputs are supposed to measure up to some "standard" that has been created by "the states".  It feels like the Staypuff marshmallow ghost at the end of "Ghostbusters"---looking cute, but dangerous.  And it's a nightmare. [/quote]

And again.

Which standards are inappropriate? What would constitute "thorough vetting"? Were the various state standards that the Common Core standards replaced appropriate and "thoroughly vetted"?[/quote]

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